Most embarrassing dad? Dale Price wears crazy costumes as he waves to teenage son’s school bus

Dale Price has officially been labeled the “world’s most embarrassing dad.” The stay-at-home father of three from American Fork, Utah, dressed up in weird and wacky get-ups to wave goodbye to his 16-year-old son’s school bus every morning. For the entire school year, he wore some 170 different costumes, dressing up as everyone from King Triton to Princess Leia. Why? It was Dale’s way of showing his love for his son.

Wave at the Bus

Rain Price was initially horrified when he looked outside the school bus window passing his house and saw his dad, Dale, donning a scarecrow costume and waving goodbye. It was the first day of his sophomore year–and terribly embarrassing. On the second day, his dad showed up sporting a San Diego Chargers helmet and jersey. Day three came along and his dad was dressed as Anakin Skywalker.

At first the costumes were simple and modest, but they progressively became crazy…Batgirl, Chiquita Banana, Little Mermaid. Over the course of the year, he dressed up as every Wizard of Oz Character.

Luckily, Rain has a sense of humor and realized that his dad was just having fun, and friends found Rain’s father hilarious.

“Most of them like it, and we roll down our windows and wave. It’s fun,” Rain told the Deseret News. Rain’s a straight-A student and about to become an Eagle Scout.

Dale says he did this out of love. “It’s a way of letting him know that we really care about him, but doing something a little different. It’s a father’s way of saying I love you,” Dale told KSL.com.

Dale never wore the same costume and he claims to have spent only $50 on all his get-ups. Dale pulled from the family’s Halloween collection and neighbors pitched in and loaned outfits and props.

Rain’s mother, Rochelle, started posting photos of Dale in costume on Facebook and eventually she put together a blog filled with humorous photos and writing, waveatthebus.blogspot.com. Dale quickly became an online celebrity.

In a post on the blog Rochelle writes: “We never claimed to be PC. For goodness sake, it’s humor people. Good thing we aren’t running for office of any kind.”

Here are a few photos from the blog:

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

Wave at the Bus

What about next year? Will Dale come up with another 170 costumes? “One year is enough,” he told the Deseret News. “I am going to sleep in, no alarm, not getting out of bed.”